#A09CAE#A09CAE

#A09CAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CAE
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 5.00, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 10.14, 299.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0115 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0242, 34.3064, 44.8655)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CAE #AAAE9C

analogous

#9CA1AE #A09CAE #A99CAE

triadic

#A09CAE #AEA09C #9CAEA0

tetradic

#A09CAE #AE9CA1 #AAAE9C #9CAEA9

square

#A09CAE #AE9CA1 #AAAE9C #9CAEA9

split-complementary

#A09CAE #AEA99C #A1AE9C

monochromatic

#625D72 #807A92 #A09CAE #C0BECA #E1DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A09CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CAE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CAE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c6',
    500: '#a09cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cae;
$custom-light: #bcb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7019,
    "c": 0.02632,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CAE

secondary

#D5D6D0

accent

#945185

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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